I don't think I'd be exaggerating if I said that this photo set off the crazy notion of knitting my wedding ensemble. What can I say? It was spring, and Boyhood and I had just discussed the possibility of getting hitched in some low-key fashion. I go to work, start flipping through the latest yummy new Rowan book, and poof! Next thing I know, I'm hunting down yarn and it's off we go!

A few notes on this project:
• this skirt is knit sideways, with the cast-on and cast-off edges forming the seam lines down either side. The short row shaping that makes the skirt flare at the bottom was really fun. I didn't bother to wrap-and-turn my short rows, since the turning points make up one of the design features (you can even see them in the book photo).
• this is one of the few cotton yarns that I truly LOVE. I have knit at least three projects from it, and would be happy to do more. It is notoriously splitty, being made up of a bajillion little tiny plys; but it is precisely its multi-ply nature that makes it enjoyable to knit despite its cotton-ness.
• I did NOT, repeat NOT, attempt the crocheted lace edging originally called for in this pattern. I can crochet my way out of a paper bag, but only just... and the thought of attempting a lace edging - on a Capital-D-Deadline - just made me want to go all Southern and have a little lie-down with a shot of something fortifying. So it was off to the stitch dictionaries for lil'ol' me, and I came up trumps with "Ocean Waves," an 11-stitch simple lace edging, knit sideways, with plain purl rows. Hallelujiah and pass the chips.
• I also added an elastic waistband under a stockinette hem. The original pattern called for a row of buttons up the side, and although I'm a fan of lots of little buttons, I thought they would interfere with the lines of the top worn over it.
• This is one of the pieces Boyhood has seen knit up, so I'm not spoiling anything here. He just hasn't seen it on yet (and won't, for another 18 days!).